This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 G. Shea (George Shea) (Shea, George) Service no 304330 Rifleman, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), 1st/5th Battalion Formerly 3478, 7th Middlesex Regiment Born in Walthamstow; enlisted in Hornsey; lived in Walthamstow Killed in action on 6 September 1916 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 A tentative identification. Possibly the brother of Frederick David Shea. |
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George Shea |